socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

In recent weeks, online ticketing has seen a surge in interest and funding. Los Angeles-based SaveFans (www.savefans.com) recently raised some funding for its take on secondary ticketing, so we thought we'd speak with founder Wes Brodsky about the company and where it's going. Describe SaveFans and what it does?

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What does Confident Technologies do? The Confident authentication suite of software, which also includes out of band technology.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense. Their fees are too high to put on a $15 ticket, and you don't need to pay for the technology to handle 30,000 people simultaneously trying to get assigned seats. Because of that, we saw problems in the industry, because the technology was not there to succeed.

Ticketmaster 140

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Gyroscope Technologies – Gyroscope Technologies, founded by Dustin Rosen is rethinking the way consumers interact with their mobile phones.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). It's clear that Hollywood people speak a different language from technology people.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

One company, Startup Exchange (www.startupexchange.com) is taking an interesting angle on the problem, with a financial fund which allows startup founders to put some of their stock into a pool of other companies--providing them with more opportunities for some liquidity, and a little bit of diversification. What is Startup Exchange?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Yet, the ways that enterprises and businesses are monetizing that user interaction is sort of archaic, compared to the evolution of the technology. So when I say stay at the Marriott Del Mar, our technology turns that into a link that points to one of those travel partners, based on some proprietary algorithms.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. Tell us a bit about the external funding, and why you decided to find funding now after being on the market for some time?

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2016

Enter Santa Monica's Digitzs (www.digitzs.com), , which has an all star set of advisors and investors, including Kevin Harrington (the original "Shark" on Shark Tank), and which is developing technology to help those platforms take payments. We now have a team of fifteen, and are doing our second round of funding right now.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

Gregg Parise What we are doing, is we are going into the event management software space, and doing it through a platform technology. Ticketing and registration are starting to collide, and all those monopolistic playersthe Ticketmasters, Cvents, and Eventbriteswere all created 20 years ago. How are you funding all of this?

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

The company announced a funding round from Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Cloud a couple of weeks ago. We spent lots of time with enterprises where technology was not their core product. The Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This morning, Los Angeles-based Lottay (www.lottay.com) launched its online gifting site, announced its funding by DFJ Frontier, and also the appointment of former Evite GM Harry Lin as CEO. I had been talking to DFJ Frontier, about funding my startup prior to this. We spoke with Harry yesterday about the company.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). My fund was an early investor in Overture.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

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